Combined Force Arrests Taliban Facilitator in Kandahar

From an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News
Release

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 5, 2013 - An Afghan and coalition security force
arrested a Taliban facilitator and detained two other insurgents during an
operation in Kandahar City in Afghanistan's Kandahar province today, military
officials reported.

The arrested Taliban facilitator is linked to directing suicide attacks
against Afghan and coalition forces throughout the province, officials said.
He's also linked to the deaths of Afghan civilians.

In Afghanistan operations yesterday:

-- A combined force arrested a Taliban facilitator and detained four other
insurgents in the Panjwa'i district of Kandahar province. The arrested Taliban
facilitator is accused of importing and distributing homemade explosive material
and narcotics in the district, and securing funding for insurgent activity
against Afghan and coalition forces.

-- In the Ghaziabad district of Kunar province, a combined force killed four
insurgents and wounded three others during a security operation.